§ Sir John WheelerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when targets for savings on procurement expenditure in his Department for 1991–92 were promulgated through his Department.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerTargets for procurement savings on suppliers and services were defined in consultation with individual management units engaged in procurement and promulgated in final form in July 1991 in accordance with the reporting arrangements laid down by the central unit on purchasing. Targets for project performance are not set on an annual basis but in terms of the relationship between estimates prior to tender and forecast outturn for the project.